I always CA the insides of the ends of my various paper body tubes and whatnot to protect them, works great. Today, though, I CAed a coupler for the first time: this was the coupler on my Odd'l Cyclone. I gave it a nice coat of medium CA inside and out, and then sanded it down smooth. It now slides in and out of the top portion very nicely, and should stay that way.
I have to say, though, I was not quite prepared for the results. The coupler is now rock hard. I guess the porous outer surface really soaked up a lot of CA and I cannot believe how solid it ended up. This is no big revelation (CA dries hard after all) but I was still surprised by the extent of it.
I'm going to make sure to do this to all my stage-to-stage couplers from now on (don't ask my why I didn't before).
I have to say, though, I was not quite prepared for the results. The coupler is now rock hard. I guess the porous outer surface really soaked up a lot of CA and I cannot believe how solid it ended up. This is no big revelation (CA dries hard after all) but I was still surprised by the extent of it.
I'm going to make sure to do this to all my stage-to-stage couplers from now on (don't ask my why I didn't before).